This month we have been looking at the “Power of Money” and the change it can bring. We have talked at length about greed and the destructive path it can lead when we are controlled by the love of money and what it can profit us. We have looked at how we live in a want over need society and how that opposes how Jesus calls us to live.

Now we are entering into how to use money in a powerful way to make a positive influence and change in the lives of others. That is where this project comes in. Each student has been given a dollar, a small measly dollar, and is asked to do something powerful with it to make a difference. It is meant to stretch how they see a dollar from just buying candy or upsizing their meal to how it can change a life, even if it is just for a day. Parents, feel free to help, but please let them struggle and grow through this. The assignment is as follows:

The Assignment:

Take this dollar, it is now yours, and use it in a powerful way.

This dollar is yours. It now belongs to you. If you lose it you must replace it.

You must come up with a positive and powerful way to use your dollar. Think hard

You cannot use your dollar till after Tuesday, December 17th

How you will be graded:

Only three kinds of grades will be given, A, C, or F.

An “A” grade will be awarded for a powerful idea, something that causes a change in a life or lives.

A “C” grade will be given for an ordinary idea – giving money to charity

A “F” will be given if you lose the dollar and don’t replace with your own and/or do nothing with it.

You must have proof of how it was used. (Receipt, note from parent, etc.)